Mof. Not to be complained of, it being Lent. Lutb. & Calv, Proteftants faft from fin and not from meat. It is not what goes into the mouth defiles the man; but out of the heart proceeds evil thoughts, murders,, adulteries, fornications, efts, falfe teftimonies, blafphemies; thefe defile the man, but to eat with: unwashed hands is no fin. Mof. Do proteftants make difobedience a fin? Luth. & Caly. The difobedient fhall never fee God's face; for him that will not bear the church fhall be ranked with heathens and publicans, Mof. Luther, you carry, being a divine and a parfon of the church of England, your Com mon-Prayer Book to fquare your life by. Luth. There it is, at your fervice. Calvin, I pray you will not break the pye-cruft of the Olio over the Calipatch, or it will be cold before Mofes has given grace. Be quick, we are fainting like a woman in travel, we beg, dear Mofes, this is not time for pro and con, on the next life, when the prefent is abfolutely in danger. Mof. That is one branch of obedience. See here what your Common-Prayer Book, which will be your life or death, as a divine or member of the church of England, commands. A perfon in danger fhall call in the parfon or minifter and make a special confeflion of his fins, after which confeffion the priest fhall abfolve him after this fort. Our Lord Jesus Christ, who kasb left power to bis church, to abfo've all finners who who truly repent, and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences. And, by this authority, I ABSOLVE thee from all thy fins, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Calv. You aftonifh me. A reformed church of the proteftant religion, to take upon themfelves to forgive fins, one of the most effential articles brought and charged against the catholic priests. The more I confider the more am I astonished. Am I asleep, or am I in a delirium, through ftarving and hunger; I wish this Conference was over. I fhall certainly lofe good manners; for I cannot contain longer, I muft ftick my knife into the pye-cruft, and whilft you are partaking of your fpiritual banquet, I fhall not be a whit behind hand in feafting on the temporal; falls to like a crow on his carrion. Mof. The church of England I fee holds to the facrament of confeffion." Luth. We exclaim against it as an article of infallibility, which we charge Roman Catholics with, as an act of blafphemy. Mof. I think the infallibility of the new covenant, by the Meffiah, which, you fay, is the christian, have been (if Jefus be the Meffiah) explained and agreed to with the fupremacy of Peter, both by the fcriptures, creeds and agree ment of the chriftian world, for near 1800 years (as we agreed). Ye are affured of thefe truths. Luth. & Calv. We acknowledge ourselves your debtors, in opening our understandings to G 2 thefe thefe two moft effential articles of the chriftian religion. We beg three days refpite to examine the primitive church, and compare them with the catholic of our days, and the proteftant churches. Adieu. End of the Fourth Conference. ERRAT A. Page 1 and 3-for 2d of June, read 10th of March. 56. 56. 32. for much, read meek. for was, read fons. 17. for offspring, read offerings. 14 for but the Lord, read but if the Lord. 23. for to the cry, read from the cry. 24. for for their wrath, read for wrath. proved, read forbidding. 57. 68. 2. for 70. .12. for nice, read little. another, read others. To Mofes our mot Reverend Brother, greeting, Luther and Calvin beg a fifth conference to conclude what is most praife-worthy: Farewel. Mofes will enter, and conclude, with Meffrs. Luther and Calvin, the fifth fpiritual conference to-morrow, at 10 in the morning, the ufual time: Adieu. Mojes. I Am at your fervice, as appointed. where is your fting! Mof., O grave, where is your victory! Luth. & Caly. The fting of death is fin. Mof. And the ftrength of fin is the law. Luth. & Cal It is a true faying, one man better fteal a horfe, than another look over the hedge. Mof. When the feed is ftolen you fhut the ftable-door. Luth. & Calu. This is our cafe: but a hungry belly needs no faufe. Mof. Your calipatch needed none. Luth. & Calv. We die daily. Mof. With making gods of your bellies. Luth. & Calv. The moft violent and pernicious fymptoms. Mof. To die in the acts of gluttony, and difobedience bsan90 Luth. & Calv. The mifery of loft fouls. "Mof. "Who will not controul their appetites: Luth, Calv. A new leffon to Parfons and elders." Mof. Better late than nevoradi. bɔvomɔi 27ka 15Luth & Cald. Befides illness, we had femples. Mof. I thought Proteftant fcruples never atjacked them, but in the article of deathson 1:0 Luth. & Calu. This we thought our cafe, and was upon the verge of fending for you. Mof I am neither Parfon nor Elder. Luth& Calv. You railed our fcruples, and fhould allay them). Mof. I did not preferibe calipatch nor calepa Luth. & Caly. But you told us of the falb of Lent and gluttony. orgong sdr Mof. Your Common Prayer Book and Bible forewarned you. Luth. The Common-Prayer is a dead letter, but your words are as two-edged fwords.thebou Calo. The word of the Spirit that divides, and poifons the joints, and penetrates the mar row. bud odguard And as 33 bloedt Maibro, Sk daudo Mof. Your confciences will speak more forcible. T: bhow su Luth. I have been a Parfon go years, and never confidered confeffion neceffary for falvation. Calv. Neither 1, until our reverend Brother opened our understanding. Mof. Whofe fins you forgive, they are foriven there are the words of your Meffiah;190 given "Luth. My Lord and my Gode om syvälud V Calu. In whom dwelleth infallibility, vibo fo Mof. Which he hath bequeathed to his .coveCrow in Vesill 18 buð bm Bum boxilis à lebili nant. 15 Luth & Calowe never will gainlay it in fu re. 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